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leah
Unregistered User
(12/30/02 8:59:43 am)
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youngest brother/sister
i am trying to write a story where two brothers go out to seek their fortune and fail, but the youngest brother/sister comes to the rescue and saves them and also gets rich. what are some fairy tales that has that happen. i know that there are a few, but none are coming to mind.
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Rosemary
Lake
Registered User
(12/30/02 4:16:18 pm)
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Re: youngest brother/sister
Well, for starters....
Grimm's "The Queen Bee"
Various stories about the "Water of Life", including Calvino's "The Fine Greenbird."
Rosemary
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Nalo
Registered User
(12/30/02 5:30:26 pm)
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Re: youngest brother/sister
"Ti-Jean and His Brothers," which you can find as a play by Derek Walcott. And I think that in "Fitcher's Bird," it's the youngest sister who saves them.
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JenM
Unregistered User
(12/30/02 6:07:03 pm)
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French fairy tales
Finette Cendrillon (I think it is by D'Aulnoy...) is fairly close to that type of tale. Although the girls are not exactally seeking their fortunes, Finette both saves her two elder sisters and finds her fortune. In D'Aulnoy's The White Cat, three brothers seek their fortunes. Although I don't remember that the younger brother doesn't save the older two, he does find his own fortune. By the way, did you ever finish your Tufty Ricky story? I would be very interested in seeing how it turned out.
Jen M.
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Laura
Unregistered User
(12/31/02 9:36:16 am)
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Re: youngest brother/sister
More recently The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Lavine
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Jess
Unregistered User
(1/1/03 2:57:02 pm)
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A tale
There is a tale (Arabian Nights?) about three brothers that go to find a fountain that will help their father. Each follows a path, but ignores the advice of an elderly man. As a consequence, each brother turns into a stone. Finally, the youngest, who is also a girl, follows the path, heeds the advice of the old man, and gets the water from the fountain. In the process she saves her brothers. Sorry I can't remember the name of the story, but maybe someone else on the board does.
Jess
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Laura
McCaffrey
Registered User
(1/1/03 5:12:00 pm)
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Re: A tale
In the Wiggin and Smith Arabian Nights - with illustrations by Maxfield Parish - I believe the story Jess posted about is called The Talking Bird? I could be wrong.
Laura Mc
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